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DRIF
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Origin and Meaning
Old Norse
drífa = 'fall of snow', 'snowdrift' [1] [2] [3]
drífa = 'to drift', 'to drive', 'to go' [1] [4] [3]
Related Names
Combinations
| Name Element |
Example |
|---|---|
| ADAL | see Aldríf |
| ALA | see Aldríf |
| ALF | see Aldríf |
| SIG | see Sigrdríf |
| SKOG | see Skógdrífr |
| ÖL | see Aldríf |
Last Element Forms
-dre
-dríf
-drífa
-drífr
-drívur
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
- ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Geir T. Zoëga: A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (1910)
- ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)